Abstract:
NYLON-6 HAVING A LOW CYCLIC OLIGOMER CONTENT IS PRODUCED BY HEATING A MIXTURE OF EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM AND WATER (TOGETHER WITH PROPERTY-MODIFYING ADDITIVES AND CHAIN-TERMINATING AGENTS, IF DESIRED) TO EFFECT REACTION OF EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF CYCLIC OLIGMERS DESIRED IN THE PRODUCT, A SLOWER RATE RESULTING IN A LOWER CYCLIC OLIGOMER CONTENT. WHEN LESS THAN ABOUT 45% OF THE EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM IS REACTED AND THE MIXTURE HAS GONE THROUGH A MAXIMUM END GROUP CONCENTRATION, THE RATE OF POLYMERIZATION CAN BE INCREASED AND EVAPORATIVE CONDITIONS CAN BE APPLIED TO REMOVE WATER AND EXCESS MONOMER WITHOUT F URTHER INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF CYCLIC OLIGOMERS.
Abstract:
1,050,001. Heat - stabilized polyamides. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION. June 16, 1964 [June 17, 1963], No. 24951/64. Heading C3R. Polyamides are heat-stabilized by the incorporation of copper or a copper compound and a stannous salt. Specified polyamides are polycaproamide, polyundecanoamide, polyhexamethylene adipamide and sebacamide and polym- and p-xylylene apdiamides. In the examples various copper and stannous salts are incorporated in caprolactam during its polymerization.